<p>Okay, so I got into (and am going to) Wharton (YESSS) but I really want to do a double major in Philosophy at the College. Is it possible to do that, and how would I go about it?</p>
<p>Yes, it is called a dual degree. Very possible to do, but you need to fulfill the requirements of the college as wellas those of wharton.</p>
<p>Not a problem at all if you start in Wharton and then try to get a College degree.</p>
<p>Now if i were to get a dual degree from Arts and Sciences (Near Eastern Lang. and Civ.) and get a degree from Wharton, would this be too time consuming or would i have time to volunteer, do research, or get a job. I even read on their website that it may even take up to five years. I really want to take advantage of the whole college because if i don't end up liking medicine, it will be business for me.</p>
<p>I think people are mixing some stuff up. There is a difference between a dual degree and a double major. A double major is one degree with specialties in two areas. A dual degree is two completely different degrees, and a dual degree is more work than a double major. To sweetnsarah, I honestly dunno if you can do a double major between schools, but you can defintiely do a dual degree. There are certain requirements to be able to do it. i think you need to have a 3.25 at the end of your first or third semester...either one...and you need to like have a reccomendation written i think. It's all on their website. I think each individual school has it on their individual websites...they may have diff requirements. For a dual degree you have to get enough credits and complete all the courses for both degrees. Given some general classes overlap, but it's still a lot of work. I hear it can be done in 4 years, but 5 is easier of course. To Browns...I don't think you can do a dual degree in one school and then another degree in another. That's three degrees and i don't think thats done. But if you mean you wanna do a double major in CAS and then a dual with Wharton...then that is doable..I've heard of it before.</p>
<p>Lishnik212, you are confused.</p>
<p>To transfer to wharton from the college (or to do a dual degree when your home school is the college) you need, by the end of your second semester, a 3.4 to apply and around 3.7-3.8 to be sure to get it. No recommendation is necessary.</p>
<p>Also, there is no such thing as "a dual degree in one school ", that would be a double major or double concentration.</p>
<p>back to my previous question. I want to major in Near eastern civ and lang at CAS and get a BSE at wharton. Is this just too time consuming that i wont be able to finish up premed requirements, get time to do research, and still have some free time? that is the bare bones of my question. i really want to take advantage of all aspects of penn, especially wharton becuase it is, IMHO the best business school in the country. i also hope that penn would then take me into their grad school to do a possible MD/MBA or MD/JD.</p>
<p>snip I am not confused...I've read up on it and I couldn't remmeber all teh requirements..I'm in SEAS, and if I remember correctly tto do a dual when SEAS is your home school you need a 3.0...in fact yes that is what is says on the site...and it makes sense that it would be lower than CAS...and you don't need a recc but you need a planned out academic program with appropriate signatures"...also I was not the one who suggested a dual degree within one school, I was in fact pointing out that I didn't think that was possible.</p>
<p>I was actually wondering the same thing. I was having second thoughts about Wharton because I didnt want to realize a few years from now that I hated business and be stuck with a business degree, but then I read about the dual degree option. I want to know if completing a dual degree (Wharton and CAS) in 4 years is too difficult. Just how stressful is it? Would it make studying abroad impossible?</p>
<p>Since you can double count courses between Wharton and CAS, it can be done in 4 years pretty easily. Wharton and SEAS can also be done in 4 years, but takes takes more time since SEAS requires about 6 more credits than CAS, I think.</p>
<p>To get a second degree in CAS, you need a 3.0 GPA. (very attainable)</p>
<p>The GPA requirements vary by what school you are trying to do the 2nd degree with. If you want to do it with the COL then you need a 3.0, if you want to do it with WH as your 2nd school then you need at least a 3.40 to apply and much higher to get accepted.</p>
<p>Sarah is starting out in Wharton, which makes it much easier. Browns - you can do it but if you want to do pre-med along with a major like near eastern civ it's going to be harder. But if you know that's what you want, just plan early with your advisors.</p>
<p>To br9172 - remember that almost half your classes for Wharton are going to be outside of business, so while you are graduating with a Wharton degree you still have a lot of liberal arts classes under your belt. And no one will ever consider that you got "stuck" with a Wharton degree :) I'm not working in business but my Wharton degree is still extremely valuable (and useful!) to me.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any information on the acceptance rate for Jerome Fisher or Huntsman?</p>
<p>thanks whartonalum, but my central question is that will it be too hard to accomplish as in i wont have any free time. it seems that wharton doesn't give out homework in the traditional sense at all. I know it will be tough like any double major, but what level of difficulty are we talking about along with my pre-med track as well.</p>
<p>I think that if you tried to cram all of that into 4 years you won't have a lot of free time because I <em>think</em> it will require more classes than a typical dual degree (to add on pre-med). Also depends on how many credits you come in with and how many classes you take every semester and in the summer. </p>
<p>Wharton doesn't give out homework in the "traditional" sense, but there are a lot of group projects that take up much more time than traditional assignments that you can do on your own.</p>
<p>If I planned accordingly, would it be possible to accomplish a Dual Degree in 4 years? And would I be able to juggle 2 concentrations at Wharton if I'm doing a Dual Degree?</p>
<p>Whartonalum, you have been of much help. Regarding the pre-med, i know that you must take a certain amount of electives from the college and some must be for the sciences as well. Couldn't i just use those electives for my pre-med requirements. And also on a related note, are the profs at Penn open to letting you conduct research with them possibly over the summer at the med school. i know it seems like im doing a lot, but how many can say that they went to an ivy league school, let alone Penn. I just want to take advantage of every aspect possible and hopefully get into their grad schools if i show my passion for learning at their school. Whatever i do, i especially cant wait to get their and be over with high school. the one thing that is really making me excited is the dual degree with wharton. when you talked about the projects, are the especiall difficult to accomplish or will you have some in your group that are just hard to work with. it seems more of a hands on approach, which im probably going to love.</p>
<p>I don't know enough about pre-med requirements or the College curriculum (especially now that there is a new one). I know that for Wharton you could count 8 science classes towards your degree. The Wharton students that I knew that did pre-med (but not another degree) typically got minors in Chem or Bio.</p>
<p>I think it's fantastic that you want to take advantage of everything - that is the best part of Penn, and it is vastly underappreciated by most people.</p>
<p>Some projects can be extremely difficult, others just take up lots of time. Sometimes you have great teammates who are just as invested and dedicated as you are, and sometimes you don't. But you can't always pick your teams now or in life, so either way it's a great learning experience. Wharton is definitely hands on, so I'm sure you'll love it.</p>
<p>thanks for the advice. the reason i ask these questions is because i want to do a lot of stuff but not be so cosumed that i wont have any free time for myself to go around philly.</p>
<p>i am also wondering similar: I will be going to Wharton, but would also like to apply for Med School (by fulfilling premed requirements).</p>
<p>would the best option be to get a degree in business and minor? in biology?</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>whartonalum, i think the GPA you need to apply for dual is based on where you are in, instead of where you are going. You said 3.4 to apply to wharton, but one the SEAS website it says you need a 3.0 to apply for a dual degree and I tihnk this is meant for SEAS students...also, do you think it would be difficult for me to be able to getinto a dual considering the difficulty of keeping your GPA up in SEAS...the avg is 2.7 i think...and do you think completing it in 4 years is not extrememely difficult...if I want to study abroad a semester too...the other issue is I think SEAS abroad in Israel which is what i want to do is not actual study, but an internship so then I'm guessing your not getting credits that month. I wouldn't have a huge problem with taking a 5th year but I guess getting it done in4 would be nice. I also don't wanna have to take all these rediculous classes at once though and dividing up my focus between them, and also not being able to take some other interesting classes...anyways I know that was a lot but do you have any input..</p>